Muzej grada Ludbrega

About the museum

The Muzej grada Ludbrega was founded on 2 June 2021 as a museum within the Centar za kulturu i informiranje “Dragutin Novak”. It is a general, regional museum of the local heritage and complex type, which collects, researches and presents the material and intangible heritage of the Ludbreg area. Its collections are organised into an archaeological and an ethnographic department, as well as historical and art collections.

The collections are housed in three buildings in the town. The Arheološki park “Iovia” opened in 2021 on the site where a Roman villa and bath complex were discovered; visitors view finds from the permanent display, an antique garden and reconstructions with the help of VR headsets. Batthyány Castle, built on the site of a medieval castrum at a crossing of old roads, keeps the chapel of the Holy Cross and a collection of sacred art. Over the course of history the families Paližna, Bakonjić, Čuz, Thuróczy, Erdődy and Batthyány succeeded one another in the castle.

The third location is Bakina hiža and the Dedekov dvor, where the ethnographic display “Tak se negda živelo” (“That’s How Life Used to Be”) opened in April 2025. The objects have been collected since 2006 by members of the association “Žene iz Centra svijeta” (Women from the Centre of the World), who have been working with the museum since 2021.

Highlights

• Arheološki park Iovia: Roman villa, bath complex and antique garden
• VR reconstruction of the Roman villa
• Roman board games
• Chapel of the Holy Cross and collection of sacred art in Batthyány Castle
• Ethnographic display “Tak se negda živelo”

Permanent exhibitions

• Arheološki park Iovia – stalni postav – Finds from the Roman villa and bath complex, the antique garden, Roman board games and a VR reconstruction.
• Kapelica sv. Križa i zbirka sakralne umjetnosti – Sacred art in Batthyány Castle.
• Tak se negda živelo – Ethnographic display in Bakina hiža and the Dedekov dvor, opened in April 2025, on the heritage of the Ludbreg area from the late 19th and early 20th century.

Founded

2021

Operated by

Centar za kulturu i informiranje „Dragutin Novak“ Ludbreg

Admission & discounts

Prices for one location are listed with the Arheološki park Iovia; a ticket for two or three locations covers the park, the chapel of the Holy Cross with the collection of sacred art in Batthyány Castle, and the ethnographic display. The price list is valid from 1 May 2026.

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Kids’ birthday parties

Workshops for children (by booking), the programme “I ja sam istraživač” (“I am a researcher too”) and birthday parties.

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